This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP) completed for WhyHunger’s digital storytelling website, Community Voices, that showcases grassroots organizations and community leaders through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real view of projects that are working to alleviate food insecurity and increase communities’ access to nutritious food. We believe that telling one’s
04-08-2015
Last week, as part of the Food Justice Voices Series, WhyHunger published the first ever Youth Food Justice Zine, which was created by 18 young authors and four social justice activists, one of whom was WhyHunger's Beatriz Beckford, Co-Director of the Grassroots Action Network. Beatriz's contributions included an Adult Ally Checklist, outlining how adults can support youth activism, in a meaningful way. You
27-07-2015
What do you do when your favorite band is only playing once in the United States this year? You go to the show! WhyHunger staff gave out "Imagine There's No Hunger" bracelets at the event. That's what Dispatch fans do. This past weekend, Dispatch performed their only North American shows of 2015 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Fans of the
24-07-2015
Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH). Photo credit: Robert Pluma In the Spanish municipal elections in May this year, a tide of social justice movements swept populist groups into local government. Cities across the country, including Barcelona and Madrid, saw unprecedented participation of everyday people in politics. On the eve of the elections, a delegation of 20 New York
20-07-2015
Harry and Jen Chapin As we celebrate the life and legacy of our co-founder Harry Chapin, WhyHunger is teaming up with his daughter Jen Chapin to keep Harry’s dream of a world free from hunger alive through a push to support WhyHunger’s “Harry’s Giving Circle” monthly donor campaign. Jen shared with us the importance of Harry’s Giving Circle donations, memories of her
16-07-2015
“We can’t talk to youth about farms if they are disconnected from the land, and how do we create better school food without the voices of youth who use the program each and every day.” Beatriz Beckford, Co-Director, Grassroots Action Network at WhyHunger Beatriz is one of four social justice activists that have come together with eighteen young authors to
15-07-2015
Reflections from WhyHunger’s Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau This past month, WhyHunger participated in the 2015 US Social Forum, the largest gathering of grassroots organizations and social movements in the US. Inspired by the World Social Forum, which was first organized in Brazil in 2001, the first US Social Forum was held in 2007 in Atlanta, GA, and then again in 2010 in Detroit.
14-07-2015
WHY In most cases, the slow, steady movement to alleviate food insecurity and build food justice in America is taking place on a small scale, by individuals and small groups working deep within their communities. The individual and collective belief in the power of controlling one's food and nutrition is an act of healthy resistance against a large-scale corporate food
13-07-2015
WhyHunger works with a national network of organizations to provide capacity building tools, resources, and services to grassroots and community based organizations addressing local issues of hunger and poverty. Explore programs and services like community mentoring, training and technical assistance, funding opportunities and much more in "Build Capacity."
09-07-2015
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP) completed for WhyHunger’s digital storytelling website, Community Voices, that showcases grassroots organizations and community leaders through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real view of projects that are working to alleviate food insecurity and increase communities’ access to nutritious food. We believe that telling one’s
04-08-2015
Last week, as part of the Food Justice Voices Series, WhyHunger published the first ever Youth Food Justice Zine, which was created by 18 young authors and four social justice activists, one of whom was WhyHunger's Beatriz Beckford, Co-Director of the Grassroots Action Network. Beatriz's contributions included an Adult Ally Checklist, outlining how adults can support youth activism, in a meaningful way. You
27-07-2015
What do you do when your favorite band is only playing once in the United States this year? You go to the show! WhyHunger staff gave out "Imagine There's No Hunger" bracelets at the event. That's what Dispatch fans do. This past weekend, Dispatch performed their only North American shows of 2015 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Fans of the
24-07-2015
Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH). Photo credit: Robert Pluma In the Spanish municipal elections in May this year, a tide of social justice movements swept populist groups into local government. Cities across the country, including Barcelona and Madrid, saw unprecedented participation of everyday people in politics. On the eve of the elections, a delegation of 20 New York
20-07-2015
Harry and Jen Chapin As we celebrate the life and legacy of our co-founder Harry Chapin, WhyHunger is teaming up with his daughter Jen Chapin to keep Harry’s dream of a world free from hunger alive through a push to support WhyHunger’s “Harry’s Giving Circle” monthly donor campaign. Jen shared with us the importance of Harry’s Giving Circle donations, memories of her
16-07-2015
“We can’t talk to youth about farms if they are disconnected from the land, and how do we create better school food without the voices of youth who use the program each and every day.” Beatriz Beckford, Co-Director, Grassroots Action Network at WhyHunger Beatriz is one of four social justice activists that have come together with eighteen young authors to
15-07-2015
Reflections from WhyHunger’s Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau This past month, WhyHunger participated in the 2015 US Social Forum, the largest gathering of grassroots organizations and social movements in the US. Inspired by the World Social Forum, which was first organized in Brazil in 2001, the first US Social Forum was held in 2007 in Atlanta, GA, and then again in 2010 in Detroit.
14-07-2015
WHY In most cases, the slow, steady movement to alleviate food insecurity and build food justice in America is taking place on a small scale, by individuals and small groups working deep within their communities. The individual and collective belief in the power of controlling one's food and nutrition is an act of healthy resistance against a large-scale corporate food
13-07-2015
WhyHunger works with a national network of organizations to provide capacity building tools, resources, and services to grassroots and community based organizations addressing local issues of hunger and poverty. Explore programs and services like community mentoring, training and technical assistance, funding opportunities and much more in "Build Capacity."
09-07-2015